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The Calming Thought of All

per.00124.012per.00124.012_cropped [WRITTEN FOR THE HERALD.]

THE CALMING THOUGHT OF ALL.1

That coursing on whate'er men's speculations, Amid the changing schools, theologies, philoso- 
 phies,
Amid the bawling presentations new and old, The round earth's silent vital laws, facts, modes 
  continue.
WALT WHITMAN.

Notes

1. Reprinted in the "Sands at Seventy" annex to Leaves of Grass (1888). [back]

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